Event updates - new Valle de Oro Bat Observation event on Saturday at 7:30pm!
All events are free with no registration required. Dress for the weather, wear good walking/hiking shoes and sun protection, and bring water.
Friday 4/26
UNM Center for Community Geography table
Location: Outside Bandelier East, University of New Mexico Geography Department
Time: 9am - 1pm
https://communitygeography.unm.edu/events/city-nature-challenge-observation-walks.html
Guided walks around campus starting at 10am and 11:30am.
Friday 4/26
City of Albuquerque: Petroglyph National Monument Guided Hike
Location: Piedras Marcadas Canyon
Time: 6 - 7:30pm
https://www.cabq.gov/parksandrecreation/open-space/events/city-nature-challenge
You’re invited to participate in a guided hike with educators from Open Space Division and Petroglyph National Monument to explore our local plants and animals on the Piedras Marcadas Canyon Trail. Enjoy a beautiful sunset surrounded by all the West Mesa ecosystem has to offer.
Saturday, 4/27
Valle de Oro BioBlitz
Location: Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, 7851 2nd Street SW
Time: 7am - noon
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/valle-de-oro
Come join the VdO Bio Team and UNM Geographers in documenting as many living beings as we can.
Saturday, 4/27
Tingley Beach Meander
Location: Tingley Beach NW Parking Lot
Time: 8am - noon
Guided walk led by University of New Mexico Biology Department.
Saturday, 4/27
City of Albuquerque: Piedra Lisa Trail Guided Hike & City cleanup
Location: Piedra Lisa Trailhead (off Camino De La Sierra); Drive east on Candelaria then south on Camino De La Sierra NE with parking on your left
Time: 10am - noon
https://www.cabq.gov/parksandrecreation/open-space/events/city-nature-challenge-1
You’re invited to participate in a guided hike with educators from Open Space Division to explore our local plants and animals at Piedra Lisa. Enjoy amazing views of the Sandia Mountains while volunteering in this combination event with the Spring Clean-up, a public Open Space community service event. While we hike the pinion-juniper habitat of this native landscape treasure we will simultaneously remove trash and other objects that put it in danger.
Saturday, 4/27
National Park Service Junior Ranger Day
Location: Petroglyph Information Center (at the intersection of Western Trail and Unser Blvd)
Time: 10 am - 3 pm
https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=4129F6E0-C630-2CAB-C382D531436CEA7A
Hands-on tabling activities for kids and families about the nature and history of the national monument. Petroglyph rangers and volunteers will be promoting the junior ranger program and City Nature Challenge simultaneously.
Saturday, 4/27
City Nature Challenge Santa Fe: Mountain Kids and Latino Outdoors event
Location: Hyde Memorial State Park in Santa Fe, Group Shelter #1
Time: 11am - 3pm
Games, hike, and food donated by Cowgirl restaurant for a picnic lunch.
Saturday, 4/27
Listen for Bats
Location: Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, 7851 2nd Street SW
Time: 7:30pm
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/valle-de-oro
Meet at the pond on the south side of the visitor center. After the bat observations, you can join the star party that starts at 8pm!
Sunday 4/28
Alameda Open Space Stroll
Location: Alameda Open Space Stroll, Meet at the Alameda Bosque Trail Parking Lot
Time: 8am - noon
Guided walk led by University of New Mexico Biology Department.
Sunday 4/28
City of Albuquerque: Candelaria Nature Preserve Guided Walk
Location: Candelaria Nature Preserve, Meet at the west end of Arbor road off Rio Grande
Time: 1 - 3pm
https://www.cabq.gov/parksandrecreation/open-space/events/city-nature-challenge-2
You’re invited to participate in a guided walk with educators from Open Space Division to explore our local plants and animals at Candelaria Nature Preserve. This event is in an ADA and stroller friendly area for all to enjoy the restoration efforts of our Rio Grande riparian ecosystem.
Monday 4/29
City of Albuquerque: Pueblo Montano Guided Walk
Location: Pueblo Montano Trailhead, 4100 Montano NW
Time: 8 - 10 am
https://www.cabq.gov/parksandrecreation/open-space/events/city-nature-challenge-3
You’re invited to participate in a guided walk with educators from Open Space Division to explore our local plants and animals in the Rio Grande Bosque at Pueblo Montano Trailhead. Enjoy the early morning bird songs and abundant vegetation as we explore under the cottonwood canopy.
